Martin Ready, 41, has lodged a special defence of lacking criminal responsibility at the High Court in Glasgow.
Martin Ready, 41, claimed he suffered delusions that he was “evil Jesus” and believed the murder would expose organised crime, a court heard.
The men knew each other from a pub in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, owned by Mr Harty’s family, the court heard. Giving evidence, Ready said he was the victim of an alleged abduction in 2020, claiming a named family was responsible. He said he had sold drugs for them between 2007 and 2010 while studying law.
He said he experienced delusions that he was Jesus in autumn 2021 and, by January 2022, believed he was “evil Jesus”.Defending, Brian McConnachie KC, said: “From your point of view, what would that achieve?”He told the court he believed bed bugs had been poured through his letterbox by a named family, and were “streaming down the walls”.
Top news stories today Messages from October 2021 showed that Ready confided in a friend he was experiencing “stigmata”, and wrote: “My back is louping now from carrying the cross.”
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